Local sports digest: Stanford rallies for baseball win against Fresno State

Bay Area News Group

Posted:
02/24/2013 08:02:14 PM PST

Updated:
02/24/2013 10:14:03 PM PST

Danny Diekroeger's two-run homer in the eighth inning helped the No. 11 Stanford baseball team rally for a 7-4 victory against Fresno State on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep of the visiting Bulldogs. Austin Slater also homered for the Cardinal.

Saint Mary's Ryan Brockett pitched the first no-hitter at the new Louis Guisto Field in Moraga as the Gaels baseball team won 15-0 over Chicago State. Saint Mary's left fielder Markus Melgosa made the defensive play of the day, diving to catch a ball blooped down the left-field line in the second inning.

San Jose State's D.J. Slaton did not allow a hit through six innings, but the No. 10 Arizona baseball team scored five runs in the seventh on the way to a 9-4 win and a three-game sweep of the visiting Spartans.

The Cal baseball team allowed seven runs in the bottom of the first inning and lost 9-1 to No. 25 UC Irvine. The Bears lost three of four games in the series. Their run Sunday scored in the seventh on catcher Alex Egber's RBI single.

Stanford's Teagan Gerhart earned her first save of the season in the No. 17 Cardinal softball team's 3-1 win over No. 23 Florida State, then struck out 11 in a 2-1 victory against Syracuse on the final day of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City.

Jolene Henderson threw her fifth consecutive shutout as No. 8 Cal won 1-0 over Nebraska at a Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic game in Palm Springs.

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Amanda Pridmore struck out 13 and San Jose State's softball team defeated visiting St. John's 3-1 in the first game of a doubleheader. St. John's won the second game 7-3.

The No. 13 Stanford women's tennis team lost 4-2 at No. 4 Florida in a matchup of programs that have combined to win the past three NCAA championships.